Colorado governor on reducing gun violence: ‘Take the best ideas from all sides’
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks to a supporter at a rally. | Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images By Olivia Olander 11/27/2022 11:18 AM EST Updated: 11/27/2022 12:20 PM EST Link CopiedColorado Gov.
Jared Polis, whose state suffered a mass shooting at a gay nightclub earlier this month, said Sunday that American society needs to “take the best ideas from all sides that work” in preventing gun violence. “Of course, it’s about mental health.
Of course, it’s about gun policy. Of course, it’s about anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. It’s about all these things,” Polis, a Democrat, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” The shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, which left five people dead, was one of two high-profile mass shootings last week.
An employee at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., killed six people with a handgun Tuesday, then killed himself.Polis said state laws including red flag laws need to be enforced, citing both the Club Q shooting and yet another mass shooting at a Boulder grocery store last year. “Of course, the answer needs to be national as well,” Polis said, adding that some neighboring states don’t require background checks to purchase guns.
